ACC Player Dismissed from Team Due to Prior Gambling Situation

On Wednesday, Virginia Tech announced that one of its men’s basketball players has been dismissed from the program.

“Temple transfer guard Hysier Miller has been permanently released from the Virginia Tech men’s basketball program due to circumstances prior to his enrollment at Virginia Tech,” Virginia Tech said in a press release. “There will be no further comment by the university on this matter.”

Sports Illustrated journalist Pat Forde reported that this news was related to a situation last March in which Miller was involved in regarding gambling while he was a member of the Temple basketball program.

Back in March, Forde reported on the situation.

“Gambling watchdog company U.S. Integrity sent out an alert to casinos Thursday regarding unusual wagering activity on the UAB Blazers-Temple Owls men’s basketball game,the American Athletic Conference confirms to Sports Illustrated,” Forde said in an article in March. “The betting line moved significantly during the day Thursday leading up to the game. At one casino, the line moved from UAB as a 1.5-point favorite over Temple at the beginning of the day to UAB as an eight-point favorite by mid-afternoon, then settling at seven closer to tip-off. The Blazers routed the Owls, 100–72, in Temple’s home gym, the Liacouras Center in Philadelphia.”

Virginia Tech’s roster has taken two blows this offseason, as Jordan Ivy-Curry, who was committed to the Hokies, decommitted and flipped to UCF, and now Miller is off the team.

For more on the initial story, check out Forde’s article here, and follow him on Twitter here.