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, 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,
NBA, 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
The Athletic. 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==