The NCAA announced Friday that former Temple guard Hisier Miller placed dozens of bets on his team during his college basketball career, including some bets that his team would lose.
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 were against his own Temple Owls team.
According to the NCAA, Miller, a starter for the Owls, used sportsbook accounts belonging to other people to place bets.
The former Owl has admitted to betting on Temple games, but claims he does not remember placing any bets against his own team.
Miller’s attorney, Jason P. Bologna, emphasized that the NCAA found no evidence of point shaving in its investigation.
Bologna said, “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 with their investigation.”
Miller was not the only member of the Owls program to get caught up in illegal sports gambling. Former Temple special assistant coach Cameron Winter and graduate assistant Jaylen Bond were found to be betting on professional and collegiate sports. Neither of them were found betting 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 game fixing and other illegal gambling activities linked to organized crime.
