A former Temple men’s basketball player has been slapped with a permanent ban for betting on his own team.
The NCAA revealed Friday that Hysier Miller, a two-season starter for the Owls, placed 42 bets totaling $473 on parlays that included 23 Temple games in both the 2022-23 and 2023-24 seasons.
Three of those wagers were reportedly against his own team.
Miller allegedly used sportsbook accounts belonging to other people to place the bets.
In an interview with investigators last October, Miller admitted to betting on Temple games, but claimed he couldn’t remember betting against his own team or the total number of wagers he placed.
The 23-year-old’s agent, Jason Bologna, said there was “no evidence” that Miller altered his performance in these games in a statement to ESPN.
“The key takeaway here is the NCAA found no evidence that Hysier Miller shaved points,” Bologna said. “The NCAA conducted a long and thorough investigation before reaching that conclusion. 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.”
Miller, who led Temple in scoring in 2023-24 with 15.9 points per game and finished ninth in the AAC, later transferred to Virginia Tech but was dismissed from the team before the 2024-25 season due to betting allegations.
The NCAA also dished out penalties to two former Temple staffers. Special assistant coach Camren Wynter and graduate assistant Jaylen Bond were found to have bet on college and professional sports, though not on Temple games.
Both received one-year show-cause orders and a 10 percent suspension of regular-season contests during their first year of employment.
The NCAA said the three cases were not connected.
The investigation was triggered after sportsbooks noticed unusual betting activity during the 2023-24 season. Ahead of a March 7, 2024, UAB-Temple game, the point spread shifted six points against Temple — a rare late-season move — prompting an alert from betting-monitoring firm U.S. Integrity.
UAB went on to crush the Owls, 100-72, in that game.
This year alone, the NCAA has declared 14 players from seven schools ineligible due to betting violations and is investigating roughly 30 others for potential sports wagering issues.
