Ex-Temple Basketball Player Hysier Miller Bet On His Team To Lose
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Former Temple guard Hysier Miller placed lots of bets on Owls games, including some versus his team, the NCAA announced Friday.
The NCAA deemed Miller completely ineligible after finding he positioned 42 parlay bets totaling $473 on Temple games during the 2022-23 and 2023-24 seasons. Three of those bets were versus his team, the NCAA stated.
Miller began every video game for the Owls throughout those seasons. The NCAA discovered he used sportsbook accounts belonging to other to bet.
The NCAA ´ s enforcement staff spoke with Miller on Oct. 10, 2024, and he admitted to positioning parlay bets on Temple video games however did not remember putting any bets versus his group, the NCAA said.
His attorney, Jason P. Bologna, stated the NCAA did a "long and extensive examination" and discovered no proof that Miller shaved points. "Hysier provided full access to his mobile phone and savings account, and he addressed every question they asked him. He admitted to placing parlay bets, but he denied shaving points in any game, and the NCAA ´ s findings verify that they accept Hysier was truthful and cooperative with their investigation," Bologna said in a declaration.
Additionally, previous Temple unique assistant coach Camren Wynter and previous graduate assistant Jaylen Bond were discovered to have violated NCAA rules by wagering on expert and collegiate sports. The NCAA did not find any bets involving Temple by either Wynter or Bond. Both coaches received 1 year, show-cause orders and a suspension of 10% of regular-season contests during their first year of work.
FILE - Temple's Hysier Miller dribbles up court versus UAB throughout the very first half of an NCAA college basketball 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 three cases to be linked.
It's the most recent gambling infraction discovered by the NCAA, which withdrawed the eligibility of 6 males ´ s college basketball players earlier this month as an outcome of three separate sports-betting cases that involved a power-conference school in Arizona State and accusations of gamers tossing video games to lose by more points than the spread.
That followed almost 3 dozen individuals being detained last month, including an NBA gamer and coach, for what federal police authorities referred to as their participation in numerous 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 wagering patterns.
For its part, the NCAA said last month it was examining at least 30 current or previous players for betting accusations. The NCAA likewise banned 3 college basketball gamers in September for betting on their own video games at Fresno State and San Jose State.
The NCAA released a project in 2023 urging state regulators and betting business to remove 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 players reported experiencing social media abuse associated to sports betting within the last year. There were 29% who reported interaction with a fellow trainee on school who had actually put a bet on their teams.
Both of those figures were greater than reported by players in the Football Bowl Subdivision, with 16% reporting negative or threatening messages, and 26% interacting with another student who had actually bet on their team.
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