The NCAA deemed Miller permanently ineligible after placing 42 parlay bets totaling $473 on Temple games during the 2022–23 and 2023–24 seasons. The NCAA said three of those bets were against his team.
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Miller started every game for the Owls during those seasons. The NCAA found that he used other people’s sportsbook accounts for betting.
NCAA enforcement staff interviewed Miller on October 10, 2024, and he admitted betting on Temple games, but he did not recall placing any bets against his own team, the NCAA said.
His attorney, Jason P. Bologna, said that the NCAA conducted a “long and thorough investigation” and found no evidence that Miller had undercut points. “Hisier gave them full access to his cell phone and bank account, and he answered every question asked of him. He admitted to placing parlay bets, but he denied shaving points in any games, and the NCAA’s findings confirm that they acknowledge that Hisier was honest and cooperative in their investigation,” Bologna said in a statement.
Additionally, former Temple special assistant coach Cameron Winter and former graduate assistant Jaylen Bond were found to be in violation of NCAA rules by betting on professional and collegiate sports. The NCAA did not find any gambling involving Temple by Winter or Bonds. Both coaches received show cause orders for one year and a suspension of 10% of regular season competitions during their first year of employment.
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The NCAA did not find the three cases to be connected.
It is the latest gambling violation uncovered by the NCAA, which earlier this month revoked the eligibility of six men’s college basketball players as a result of three. Individual sports-betting cases It involved a power-conference school in the state of Arizona and players accused of losing the game by more points than the spread.
After this, about three dozen people were arrested last month, Including an NBA player and coachWhat federal law enforcement officials have described as his involvement in various illegal gambling activities. This week, UFC President and CEO Dana White said he was in contact 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. NCAA also imposed ban three college basketball players For betting on their own games at Fresno State and San Jose State in September.
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The NCAA launched a campaign in 2023 urging state regulators and gambling companies to remove prop bets from their offerings on college sports.
The findings of a new study recently released revealed that 36% of Division I men’s basketball players have experienced social media abuse related to sports betting within the past year. There were 29% who reported interacting with a fellow student on campus who betted on their teams.
Both of these figures were higher than those reported by players in the Football Bowl Subdivision, in which 16% reported negative or threatening messages, and 26% had interacted with another student who bet on their team.
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