Former Temple guard Hysier Miller placed dozens of bets on his team during his college basketball career, including some bets on his team to lose, the NCAA announced Friday.
The NCAA claims Miller placed 42 parlay bets totaling $473 on Temple games during the 2022-23 and 2023-24 seasons. Of those 42 bets, three of them were against his own Temple Owls team.
Miller, the Owls’ starter, used sports betting accounts belonging to other people to place the bets, according to the NCAA.
The former Owl admitted to placing parlay bets on Temple games, but claims he doesn’t remember placing any bets against his own team.
Jason P. Bologna, Miller’s attorney, emphasized that the NCAA found no evidence of point deductions in its investigation.
“Hysier gave them full access to his cell phone and bank account, and answered every question they asked him. He admitted to placing parlay bets, but denied clipping points on any games, and the NCAA’s findings confirm that they agree that Hysier was honest and cooperative with their investigation,” Bologna said.
Miller wasn’t the only member of the Owls program to engage in illegal sports betting. Former Temple special assistant coach Camren Wynter and graduate assistant Jaylen Bond were found to have bet on professional and college sports. It was discovered that neither of them had bet on Temple games.
The NCAA’s announcement comes after nearly three dozen arrests, including current and former NBA players and coaches, as part of an FBI crackdown on sports fixing and other illegal betting activities linked to organized crime.
