The 6-foot-6, 185-pound guard joined the Cardinals this past offseason from LA Southwest, but never played a single minute in any of Louisville’s nine regular season games up to this point. The only action he ever saw was nine minutes in the exhibition against Simmons College, where he went 0-for-3 with one rebound, one assist and two turnovers.
On Nov 1, less than a week before the start of the regular season, numerous rumors began to swirl regarding an alleged physical altercation between Davis and head coach Kenny Payne in practice. The rumors were so loud that Louisville wound up releasing a statement to a handful of local media, denying the rumors.
“There was and has been no incident at basketball practice,” SID Zach Greenwell told Louisville Report. “UofL had an open practice for athletic department staff with dozens in attendance, this is completely false.”
After not seeing action in Louisville’s first two games of the regular season, Davis was noticeably absent from the Cardinals’ bench during their win over Coppin State on Nov. 15. When asked about it after the game, Payne said that while it was his decision to keep Davis home, the guard was not in any trouble.
“Koron Davis was my decision not to have him come today,” he said. “He’s not in any trouble.”
Not only did Davis not make the trip to the Empire Classic, he was not even present for the Cardinals’ next two home games against New Mexico State on Nov. 26 or Bellarmine on Nov. 29. Or, so that was what Payne told reporters.
A photo that circulated on social media appeared to show Davis sitting in the stands of the KFC Yum! Center for the Cardinals’ matchup with the Knights. When asked about the photo the following week, Payne stated that he did not know Davis was physically present for the game
Davis was also absent from the bench in Louisville’s last two games against Virginia Tech and DePaul before eventually entering the transfer portal Wednesday.
The cherry on top of this saga is that, just one hour before the news of Davis’ imminent transfer came to light, he posted to Twitter saying that he had just finished his first semester at Louisville, accompanied by a photo of his transcript from the fall semester.
