Covering Caitlin Clark: ZOOM Interview with Iowa beat writer Dargan Southard

The third-ranked Hawkeyes visit Mackey Arena on Wednesday to face the Boilermakers before a sellout crowd

What’s it like to cover the No. 1 story in women’s college basketball?

Let’s ask Dargan Southard, who is chronicling Caitlin Clark and third-ranked Iowa’s march through the 2023-24 season. The Hawkeyes play at Mackey Arena on Wednesday night.

Southard has attended each home and nearly every road game and will continue to cover Iowa for the rest of the season as it contends for the Big Ten championship and looks for a return trip to the Final Four. Southard works for the Iowa Press-Citizen and the Des Moines Register.

Our conversation includes the planning in the offseason to cover this team, what the atmosphere has been like on the road, who is playing well outside of Clark for the Hawkeyes and what happens after this season for the projected No. 1 pick in the WNBA Draft who has another year of eligibility.

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