Seth Davis is a writer for Sports Illustrated magazine and an in-studio analyst for CBS' NCAA men's college basketball coverage with Greg Anthony and host Greg Gumbel. Davis attended Duke University, graduating in 1992 with a degree in political science. He was host of a sports related cable television show on Cable 13, and was also a sports columnist for the university's daily campus newspaper, The Chronicle. Davis was born in Connecticut and raised in Potomac, Maryland. He now lives in his birth state of Connecticut.
Davis began writing at Sports Illustrated in July 1995. He is currently a staff writer for SI and authors the Inside College Basketball column during the college basketball season. Before joining Sports Illustrated, Davis spent several years at The New Haven Register, where he wrote about various sports, including the NFL, NBA, college basketball and local high school sports.
As a child, Davis attended Camp Equinunk in Equinunk, Pennsylvania. In 1999, he returned to write Equinunk, Tell Your Story about his experiences as a camp counselor. His second book When March Went Mad,[1] was published in 2009.
Davis is the son of former White House Special Counsel to the President for Bill Clinton, Lanny Davis.