Ex-Temple Basketball Player Hysier Miller Bet On His Team To Lose
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Former Temple guard Hysier Miller positioned dozens of bets on Owls video games, consisting of some versus his group, the NCAA announced Friday.
The NCAA deemed Miller completely ineligible after discovering 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 stated.
Miller began every video game for the Owls during those seasons. The NCAA found he used sportsbook accounts coming from other individuals to wager.
The NCAA ´ s enforcement personnel spoke with Miller on Oct. 10, 2024, and he admitted to positioning parlay bets on Temple video games however did not remember positioning any bets versus his team, the NCAA stated.
His lawyer, Jason P. Bologna, said the NCAA did a "long and comprehensive investigation" and discovered no proof that Miller shaved points. "Hysier provided complete access to his mobile phone and checking account, and he addressed every question they asked him. He confessed to putting parlay bets, but he rejected shaving points in any game, and the NCAA ´ s findings confirm that they accept Hysier was honest and cooperative with their investigation," Bologna stated in a statement.
Additionally, former Temple special assistant coach Camren Wynter and former graduate assistant Jaylen Bond were found to have broken NCAA guidelines by wagering on professional and college sports. The NCAA did not find any bets including Temple by either Wynter or Bond. Both coaches got one-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 against UAB throughout the very 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 discover the three cases to be linked.
It's the current betting offense revealed by the NCAA, which revoked the eligibility of six males ´ s college basketball gamers earlier this month as a result of 3 different sports-betting cases that involved a power-conference school in Arizona State and claims of players tossing video games to lose by more points than the spread.
That followed almost three lots individuals being apprehended last month, including an NBA player and coach, for what federal law enforcement officials explained as their participation in various illicit gaming activities. Just today, UFC President and CEO Dana White said he was in touch with the FBI relating to a match that included uncommon wagering patterns.
For its part, the NCAA said last month it was examining at least 30 present or previous gamers for gambling allegations. The NCAA likewise banned 3 college basketball players in September for on their own games at Fresno State and San Jose State.
The NCAA launched a campaign in 2023 prompting state regulators and betting companies to remove prop bets on college sports from their offerings.
Recently launched findings of a new study found that 36% of Division I men's basketball players reported experiencing social media abuse associated to sports wagering within the last year. There were 29% who reported interaction with a fellow trainee on campus who had positioned a bet on their groups.
Both of those figures were higher than reported by gamers in the Football Bowl Subdivision, with 16% reporting negative or threatening messages, and 26% interacting with another trainee who had actually banked on their group.
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