INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Former Temple guard Hysier Miller placed dozens of bets on Owls games, including some against his team, the NCAA announced Friday.
The NCAA deemed Miller permanently ineligible after finding he placed 42 parlay bets totaling $473 on Temple games during the 2022-23 and 2023-24 seasons. Three of those bets were against his team, the NCAA said.
Miller started every game for the Owls during those seasons. The NCAA found he used sportsbook accounts belonging to other people to bet.
The NCAA’s enforcement staff interviewed Miller on Oct. 10, 2024, and he admitted to placing parlay bets on Temple games but did not remember placing any bets against his team, the NCAA said.
His lawyer, Jason P. Bologna, said the NCAA did a “long and thorough investigation” and found no evidence that Miller shaved points. “Hysier gave them full access to his cell phone and bank account, and he answered every question they asked him. He admitted to placing parlay bets, but he denied shaving points in any game, and the NCAA’s findings confirm that they accept Hysier was honest and cooperative with their investigation,” Bologna said in a statement.
Additionally, former Temple special assistant coach Camren Wynter and former graduate assistant Jaylen Bond were found to have violated NCAA rules by betting on professional and collegiate sports. The NCAA did not find any bets involving Temple by either Wynter or Bond. Both coaches received one-year, show-cause orders and a suspension of 10% of regular-season contests during their first year of employment.
The NCAA did not find the three cases to be connected.
It’s the latest gambling infraction uncovered by the NCAA, which revoked the eligibility of six men’s college basketball players earlier this month as a result of three separate sports-betting cases that involved a power-conference school in Arizona State and allegations of players throwing games to lose by more points than the spread.
That followed nearly three dozen people being arrested last month, including an NBA player and coach, for what federal law enforcement officials described as their involvement in various illicit gambling activities. Just this week, UFC President and CEO Dana White said he was in touch with the FBI regarding a match that involved unusual betting patterns.
For its part, the NCAA said last month it was investigating at least 30 current or former players for gambling allegations. The NCAA also banned three college basketball players in September for betting on their own games at Fresno State and San Jose State.
The NCAA launched a campaign in 2023 urging state regulators and gambling companies to remove prop bets on college sports from their offerings.
Recently released findings of a new study found that 36% of Division I men’s basketball players reported experiencing social media abuse related to sports betting within the last year. There were 29% who reported interaction with a fellow student on campus who had placed a bet on their teams.
Both of those figures were higher than reported by players in the Football Bowl Subdivision, with 16% reporting negative or threatening messages, and 26% interacting with another student who had bet on their team.
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