. >> reporter: smelley an experienced kayaker and former quarterback for the south carolina gamecocks. high winds making it impossible for him to get to safety. >> i was still moving backwards. so the wind was just way too strong. >> reporter: his family reporting him missing, prompting that frantic search effort. >> i feel very blessed. i felt covered in prayer and loved and just thankful to god that it turned out a good outcome. >> reporter: and smelley says he goes out most mornings, but this time, the weather conditions just caught him off guard. experts saying this is a good reminder to do your research and even talk to locals before going into any body of water because clearly things can be more dangerous than they look. >> janai: that's a good tip. talk to locals. reena, thank you for that. >>> still coming up here on "gma," looking ahead to the next round of march madness, espn's andraya carter. she's got a preview. stick around. rsv can severely affect the lungs and lower airways. but i'm protected with arexvy. arexvy is a vaccine used to prevent lower respiratory disease fro

reporter: on the other side of the bracket is the number-one ranked team in the tournament, the south carolina gamecocksquad led by head coach dawn staley, looking to win their second title in three years. with so many headlines focused on lsu, south carolina, and caitlin clark, syracuse deasia fair has quietly been setting records of her own, becoming the fifth all-time leading scorer in women's ncaa history. >> deasia fair all by herself in the women's scoring. history record books passing brittney griner. >> reporter: while in high school catching the attention of her head coach felicia. >> the 11th grade is when she came to our camp. she is 5'2" on a good day. she started playing and rung and moving. let's check ball with her. back then i was playing ball a lot. so we play two-on-two. i couldn't guard her. >> reporter: dejza unstoppable in the winning moments of syracuse game against university of arizona. >> fair, oh, got it! >> reporter: going on a historic 11-point tear, helping her team advance. but tonight in the orange ending their run in a loss to the historic basketball powerhouse the uconn

her route to a national title could go through the undefeated south carolina gamecocks, who haven't lostancisco. what friends are revealing about the victims killed in a crash at a bus stop this weekend. also, the bay area lawmaker weighing in on the political fight over tiktok. why, he says banning the social media app is not the answer to national security concerns leaping leprechauns at saint patrick's day. the celebration is underway from the south bay to ireland. abc seven news starts now. >> always live abc seven news starts right now. >> a growing memorial now sits where a san francisco bus shelter once stood, a tribute to the victims of a terrible crash. tonight we're learning more about the collision that has now claimed the lives of three people, including a small child. thanks for joining us. i'm j.r. stone. police say a fourth family member, another child still in critical condition tonight. the crash happened saturday when the driver of an suv slammed in

on the women's side, the undefeated south carolina gamecocks have been marching through the big dancer center camilla carcardosa break out the macarena. we don't know why but we didn't know why when the macarena swept the nation in 1996. on the men's side defending champion uconn is rolling along with a legend in their corner, bill murray has been at the tournament games cheering on his son luke for the huskies. the native has been an illinois fan over the years but had to choose family in last night's elite eight win over the illini. now bill and luke headed to the final four after the huskies' blow-out victory. uconn riding that murray magic and one of the best lineups in the history of college basketball. our first low goes to one man's strange, harrowing trip to the convenience store. shane rempke had strolled in in eugene, oregon when a four-foot con treat saw blade spun into the entrance seconds after the door closed behind him. in slow motion you really can see the chain enters the store out of nowhere. the runaway saw slams into the door behind him. video shows the building sh

so action is heating south carolina gamecocks there the overall favorite to win at all. there are rolling coach don staley has those girls ball lynn, i love it. yes. it's so exciting. thank you so much great to see you okay. i'll >> witnessed the modern evolution of the world's greatest entertainment capital, las vegas. of course, it becomes americans playground in the final episode of the cnn original series, vegas, the story of sensitive airing tonight at ten, right here on cnn it's the first time i've ever been in vagrant, so i'm curious to see i'm going to really enjoy the salaries were actually read decumanus i remember dolly parton was playing tighter over 300,000 a week everybody was astounded sometimes the salaries were so huge. you wonder how they were gonna make their money. and they just couldn't continue to do it >> big bank all the time vegas. the story of sin city, arish tonight at 10:00 p.m. eastern right here on cnn, we'll be right back we're here to get your side of the store. >> why do we keep ending up here? you can't write this stuff. united states of

>> gio: and take a look at the three-point buzzer-beater that kept the number one-ranked south carolina gamecockse banking that winning shot, lifting her team 74-73 over tennessee. >> janai: she never made a three before, and that's how she did it? that is absolutely incredible. >>> we start this half hour with the road to the oscars. the top talent being singled out for their memorable roles. >> gio: ahead of tonight's awards, abc news sat down with the performers who brought their characters to life on the big screen. linsey davis is with whit on the red carpet now with more. hey, linsey, look at you all golden. >> janai: yes. >> whit: right? matching all the statues here on the red carpet. >> i figured i would try and do that. since i also brought a real-life ken doll. >> whit: oh, please. so look. we're glad to be here with my friend, linsey. we had our rehearsals yesterday for the big 5 1/2-hour preshow. we're pumped and ready. you got some sleep tonight. >> a little bit. a little bit. >> whit: a couple of hours and you also got to interview a lot of the favorites to win an oscar tonight. >>

south carolina women's basketball team undefeated. >> coy wire joins us now with more details there on rule on the road. >> so we rolling on his pants >> like this isn't the number one south carolina gamecocks have been only undefeated d1 team perfect 30.0. they're rolling into the conference semifinals. and the thalamus, those down two to number five, tennessee with 1.1 seconds to go. he doesn't even cover six-foot-seven. camila cardoso? no way she can make this three, right? wrong banks it as the buzzer fellowship. >> three pointer that you've made enough 100 and gains of south carolina, the balls coach, kelly harper, she wasn't wrong. it was only cardozo second ever three attempt. >> this was >> her favorite moment of her career. again, pac will now face lsu in the title game today >> i came up, my mouth was coming she might get blank want me to get above and i just not me >> caitlin clark makes more history. she said that division wants single-season record for three-pointers on friday and now saturday against clark became the first v1 women's player to score 1,000 points into different seizes she scored or assisted on 60 points for iowa, michigan the 68 point. he also broke the big ten

state legislator in south carolina and went on to be a great governor and went on to serve our united states as ambassador to the u.n. i'm university of south carolina grad. gamecocks in the house. we don't mind a clemson candidate, it's ok. they say something about women who come from the south. a heck after lot of them are steel magnolias and that's what we've got in nikki haley, one heck of a steel magnolia. she's great. you know, when you look at a candidate you're going to work hard for and get elected, what are the criteria you look for? number one is negrito, somebody who speaks the truth, somebody whose word you can take to the bank and nikki has integrity and we know she with beat the gentleman in the white house right now but will help the candidates running around the country for u.s. senate, for governor or for congress. she will help get them elected, no doubt about it. the other great thing about nikki haley, she has no fear when it comes to staring down those meaning to do us harm. she's ok if she's going to tell putin he is an animal, somebody who takes his adversaries in risen and kills them. we need someone to track them down and say it like it is

the undefeated south carolina gamecocks knocking out north carolina by 47 points. lsu also flexing some serious might in their victory. and iowa superstar caitlin clark taking one for the team. >> right across the face of caitlin clark. >> reporter: and dealing out her own blows with a 27-point donned clark's 22 jersey on stage. backing out of that wild houston performance. she had lots of fans, including the daughter of holy cross' coach. >> so are you freaking out right now? >> reporter: also rooting for caitlin clark, tim mcgraw who donned clark's 22 jersey on stage. backing out of that wild houston game and their coach said it was murphy's law the last couple minutes of the game. his team was missing, guys, easy free throws and shots while the aggies were hitting impossible three-pointers, as you saw. however, all the number one and two seeds are advancing to the sweet 16. that's only the fifth time that happened since seeding began. that was almost a half century ago. so the favorites are showing up. craig, back to you. >> sam, there's been a request from the

they crushed six seed south carolina, led by former gamecock jermaine cousineau, who had 40, most by tournament history. and oregon wins, 8773. they'll face creighton next. that is oregon head coach dana altman's former team. another upset 11 seed duquesne, making their first ncaa tournament appearance since 1977. spencer was a sportscaster back then, they beat six seed byu, 7167. duquesne's longtime head coach keith dambrot announced he was retiring when the season was over. he gets at least one more game against illinois on saturday. all right, two games into a new baseball season and the dodgers are in complete crisis mode. shohei ohtani's interpreter has been fired after it was revealed that he lost $4.5 million gambling. well, we don't know, is did the interpreter steal the money from ohtani's account or was he betting for ohtani? or is there some other scenario that we just don't know about? it's going to be a long investigation to this thing's not going much better on the field in south korea. the dodgers other nine figure additions made his dodgers debut, didn't make it to th

south carolina. how do you feel about that? >> bad. >> down with the gamecocks. >> which is the cutest name? >> kansas/samford? >> no. >> our bracket was really coming together. saint mary's versus baylor. this is to go to the final four. >> i have no idea. >> you've got to pick one. this is the gael es and the bears. >> baylor. >> i don't even know what that is. >> you don't know what the final four is? >> no? >> seriously? >> no. >> it's march madness. >> you're making our final four pick, yukon/baylor. >> baylor. >> how much college basketball do you watch? >> none, absolutely none it's got to be gonzaga? >> why? >> it's got a cooler name. >> the people's bracket is complete. gonzaga over baylor, my guy, thanks. all right, people's bracket, that's a perfect bracket right there. let's go. >> how about it, coach? okay, so this market, it's not boston, it's not new york, it's not chicago --. >> you think matt would talk to somebody who had a clue? just randomly went up to people. >> well, he's got to do a better job of finding the right people. i mean, come on. anyway. >> anyway, he tried. a

true tba and the women's tournament also tips off today undefeated south carolina, they play it to eastern against presbyterian, the gamecocks are favored by 54 in that one. so there's potential john for one of the biggest upsets in sports history if they could pull it it off in case you're wondering caitlin clark, she plays tomorrow in iowa host holy cross, 54 min it take the points on that one, maybe. >> i >> do have to say i see i correct. and you absolutely did tell us all of those things. i just heard it wrong. you said a lot about kentucky and then when i was filling out my like pool, i'm like 080 talked about kentucky, but now that you say it, you told me not to take them. so i apologize. >> got really take notes. take notes better their job. yeah. my wife says, i'm not a good laser, >> lee said all that stuff. >> he did. i just heard it. i just heard it the way i wanted to hear >> yeah. >> whereas yeah, andy, now, that the standard is really high, now, you've got to meet the bar you got to meet the bar. >> you know, it was just day one thinks could really go south in your bracket at any so don't, don't by the way, fo

hey, the women's tournament also tips off today, undefeated south carolina is going to play it to eastern against presbyterian. the gamecocks are fading favored by 54 in that one. so hey, potential for one of the biggest upsets and history today, jim, caitlin clark in case you're wondering, she does not play until tomorrow in iowa, host holy cross in a lot of people excited to watch caitlin clark this march. and oh, yeah. >> and i got my purple tie on. i moved from my jmu duke's tonight's so it's a big game. i'm a little nervous. we'll see how it goes. we'll talk about good luck and he shows thanks a lot. appreciate it in the meantime, we're closely watching the house floor as lawmakers race to pass a massive 1.2 2 trillion spending package and prevent another partial government shutdown in the process, we're live from capitol hill fanned ammonium is brought to you by xfinity. stream sports from the best seat in the house with xfinity, because it's only live once norman bad news. >> i never graduated from that school >> but the good news is xfinity mobile >> just got even better. >> now, you >> can automatically connect to

meanwhile south carolina was named the number one overall win err in the women's ncaa tournament as the gamecocks tenth women's basketball team ever to go undefeated for an entire season. they fell short of that feat last year in the final four against indicate lip clark in iowa, which received the other number one selection in the albany regionals yesterday. usc and texas round out the women's top speeds. and columbia university is in the women's first four this week, the first time ever the women have made it. >>> we begin in dallas with the nba. mavericks were tied with nuggets with three seconds left. let's watch it. >> irving for the win. >> a buzzer-beater. >> oh, my gosh. a finish for kyrie irving. >> that shot is basically impossible. kyrie irving sinks a running left-handed hook shot. dallas wins, 107-105. there was a similar ending last night between pistons and miami heat. less than five seconds left on the clock. >> rozier, the forecourt. two seconds. bam adebayo from the top and he tripled. >> that's about 27 feet or so. a tie-breaking three-pointer, the buzzer lifting the heat over

south carolina team in the midwest region and will jermaine couisnard. he could be heard all through the arena today not made his presence known to the gamecocks all game long. the ducks right here. they work it around to cause our for burglaries. that 3 right there just off the top of the key, 40 points for the ducks or for him as a joke. actually. and then the that he was the cheerleader is will it wasn't for scoring. >> he was like on drive to kwame evans junior who throws down the damage. organ of says south carolina, 87 to 73 with the final and they advance to the second round. >> to face the number 3 seed creighton on saturday. the cinderella stories already starting. meanwhile, arizona, the oecond seed in the west region tried to stay away from an upset facing the 15 th-seeded long beach state and they're retiring hit coast and one son. now it was close. there already in the 1st half lisa marie stroud hits the three-pointer here for long beach state. and they only trailed by 6 at the head with the wildcats. they went on a 16 0 run to put the game away and open up the 2nd half. caleb love out on the break. throws up the alley for a shot. johnson who t

south carolina so we can have a better team? >> clay: i'm giving my money to university ever of tennessee, we need to beat the gamecocks c consistentlye: 16 female athletes have filed a lawsuit over ncaa transgender policy. one of the people filing suit is riley gaines, she said this. >> ncaa most basic job is to protect fairness and safety of competition in female sports. ncaa is discriminating against women on basis of our sex, most important part of this lawsuit is fair and safe competition. >> steve: we reached out to the ncaa and unirsity of georgia for statement and have not heard back yet. we brought you in to hear what you have to say because there are a lot of people who say the way it is working right now is not fair. >> clay: yes. i'm excited to have riley gaines at outkick, she is fearless and she is 100% right on this issue and faced it when she swam head-to-head against a man, lia thomas, who swam for the men's team before flipping over and swimming for the women. everybody who is a sports fan acknowledges this is wrong and ncaa policy allows men to compete against women and use female locker rooms and walk around insid

gamecocks had six remaining players. lsu was left with only its five five starters to play after their two reserves were disqualified. south carolina reacted to the chaos afterwards. take a listen. >> do you realize there was only one foul called on each team with two minutes to play in the fourth quarter? are you kidding me? that might have created some of that. not the way we play. we're going to foul yours, not the way they play. they're going to foul your our game. >> is honest, this is this is a part of it. now so we have to fix it and we have to move on. >> and it has certainly been a college hoop season for the record books right here in the bay area. our very own joe fonzi takes a look back at some of the most memorable moments. tara vanderveer surpasses legendary coach mike krzyzewski the most significant single event of this season in bay area college basketball probably happened in january. >> it was on that day that the stanford women's team defeated oregon state. the win was the 1,203rd in the coaching career of tara vanderveer. that made her the winningest coach in college basketball history. men or women, i am very o

available for the next game for the gamecocks, which is in the opening round of the ncw a tournament, looking likely that she might face a game suspension for fighting south carolina did end up winning by seven to capture its eighth the sec tournament crown in ten years. but afterwards, coaches from both of these teams address the melee >> no one wants to see to see that ugliness but i'm telling you this i wish she would have pushed angel reese don't push a kid that you 68 don't push somebody that little that was uncalled for in my opinion, in our league, things get heated no bad intentions their emotions so far ahead sometimes these things happened, so i want to apologize for us plan. a pardon that's not what we are, that that will whip >> and caitlin clark adding another chapter to her legendary career on sunday, kate clark and her iowa hawkeyes facing nebraska for the big ten tournament title, husker selden, 11 point lead at halftime before clark went to work she scored 30 for 34 in the second half, just a little cold from the three-point line in the first step, but she rallied her team to force overtime, jailed by one with under a minute left. and then who els

south carolina will take on the indiana hoosiers friday. it's the third straight year sc has entered the tournament as a top seed. excellence on the court is the hallmark. gamecocksr coach dawn staley, who described her coaching philosophy to jan crawford. >> did you think that i'm going to fill up that trophy case? >> i came here only thinking about winning a national championship and what that felt like. i didn't envision what it looked like. >> south carolina has captured its second national championship! >> reporter: to get to the top, dawn staley built a foundation. a culture of work, faith, and trust. >> discipline and culture, she's going to get you to be disci disciplined. >> it's a family environment here. it's not just about basketball. >> she's going to teach you right from wrong, on and off the court. she's kind of our mother in a sense. >> mother? >> yeah. like we're here kids. >> she's a mom away from home. >> you're a mother figure to a lot of these girls. >> i like to see myself as an overseer. i like to see myself as a dream merchant. >> a dream merchant? >> dream merchant, absolutely. i think i'm genuine to them. >> reporter: and that formula is