Ex-Temple Basketball Player Hysier Miller Bet On His Team To Lose

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Former Temple guard Hysier Miller placed dozens of bets on Owls games, consisting of some against his group, the NCAA revealed Friday.


The NCAA deemed Miller permanently ineligible after finding he positioned 42 parlay bets totaling $473 on Temple games throughout the 2022-23 and 2023-24 seasons. Three of those bets were against his group, the NCAA said.


Miller started every video game for the Owls throughout those seasons. The NCAA found he utilized sportsbook accounts belonging to other people to bet.


The NCAA ´ s enforcement personnel interviewed Miller on Oct. 10, 2024, and he admitted to putting parlay bets on Temple video games however did not remember placing any bets against his group, the NCAA said.


His legal representative, Jason P. Bologna, said the NCAA did a "long and comprehensive examination" and found no evidence that Miller shaved points. "Hysier provided complete access to his mobile phone and checking account, and he responded to every question they asked him. He admitted to putting parlay bets, but he rejected shaving points in any game, and the NCAA ´ s findings validate that they accept Hysier was truthful and cooperative with their investigation," Bologna stated in a statement.


Additionally, former Temple unique assistant coach Camren Wynter and former graduate assistant Jaylen Bond were discovered to have actually violated NCAA rules by betting on expert and collegiate sports. The NCAA did not discover any bets involving Temple by either Wynter or Bond. Both coaches got one-year, show-cause orders and a suspension of 10% of regular-season contests throughout their very first year of work.


FILE Hysier Miller dribbles up court against UAB throughout the first half of an NCAA college basketball video game in the championship of the American Athletic Conference tournament, March 17, 2024, in Fort Worth, Texas. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)


The NCAA did not find the 3 cases to be connected.


It's the current betting offense revealed by the NCAA, which withdrawed the eligibility of 6 guys ´ s college basketball gamers earlier this month as an outcome of three different sports-betting cases that involved a power-conference school in Arizona State and claims of players throwing games to lose by more points than the spread.


That followed nearly 3 dozen people being arrested last month, including an NBA player and coach, for what federal law enforcement officials referred to as their participation in different illicit gambling activities. Just this week, UFC President and CEO Dana White said he was in touch with the FBI regarding a match that included unusual betting patterns.


For its part, the NCAA stated last month it was investigating a minimum of 30 current or previous players for betting accusations. The NCAA likewise banned three college basketball players in September for banking on their own games at Fresno State and San Jose State.


The NCAA launched a project in 2023 advising state regulators and betting business to eliminate prop bets on college sports from their offerings.


Recently launched findings of a brand-new research study found that 36% of Division I males's basketball gamers reported experiencing social media abuse related to sports wagering within the last year. There were 29% who reported interaction with a fellow student on campus who had placed a bet on their groups.


Both of those figures were greater than reported by players in the Football Bowl Subdivision, with 16% reporting negative or threatening messages, and 26% communicating with another student who had bet on their team.


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