Seth Davis is an American sportswriter and broadcaster. He is currently the Editor-in-Chief and co-founder of Hoops HQ and is a host on Campus Insiders, an in-studio analyst for CBS men's

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coverage and an analyst for the NBA Draft on

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. He writes for ''

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'' and is a former writer for ''

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'' magazine.

Biography

Davis attended

Duke University Duke University is a Private university, private research university in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present-day city of Trinity, North Carolina, Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1 ...

, graduating in 1992 with a degree in

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. He was host of a sports-related cable television show on Cable 13, also a sports columnist for the university's daily campus newspaper, '' The Chronicle''. Davis began writing at ''Sports Illustrated'' in July 1995. During his tenure at SI, he became a staff writer and authored the "Inside College Basketball" column during the college basketball season. It was announced on May 11, 2017 that he had been laid off from Sports Illustrated. Before joining ''Sports Illustrated'', Davis spent several years at the '' New Haven Register'', where he wrote about various sports, including the NFL,

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, college basketball and local high school sports. Davis appeared in an episode of the HBO show "Real Sex" in 1996. In 2003, his book ''Equinunk, Tell Your Story: My Return to Summer Camp'' about his experiences as a camp counselor, was published. His second book, ''When March Went Mad,'' was published in 2009. He was also a reporter on '' The NFL Today''. In 2013, Davis joined Campus Insiders, campusinsiders.com, as an on-air host for their all-digital network. The Seth Davis Show launched on August 26, 2013. In May 2017 he was fired by ''Sports Illustrated'' as a cost-cutting measure. He subsequently started work for ''

''. In November of 2024, he co-founded and became the Editor-in-Chief of Hoops HQ, a college basketball website that covers men's and women's hoops year-round.

Personal

Davis was born in

Connecticut Connecticut ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, New York (state), New York to the west, and Long Island Sound to the south. ...

and raised in

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, and graduated from the Bullis School in 1988. Davis is married and has three children. Davis is the son of Elaine Charney and Lanny Davis, who was the special counsel for former President

Bill Clinton William Jefferson Clinton (né Blythe III; born August 19, 1946) is an American politician and lawyer who was the 42nd president of the United States from 1993 to 2001. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, ...

from 1996 to 1998.

Books

*''Equinunk, Tell Your Story: My Return to Summer Camp'' (2002) *''When March Went Mad: The Game That Transformed Basketball'' (2009) *''Wooden: A Coach's Life'' (2014) *''Getting to Us: How Great Coaches Make Great Teams'' (2018)

References

External links

Seth Davis at HoopsHQ.comSeth Davis at SI.com
* Duke University Trinity College of Arts and Sciences alumni Living people Sportswriters from Connecticut People from Potomac, Maryland College basketball announcers in the United States NFL announcers 1970 births Sportswriters from Maryland Jewish American sportswriters Bullis School alumni Jews from Connecticut Jews from Maryland Jewish American sports announcers The Athletic journalists {{US-journalist-1970s-stub