Llopis and the Athletic Department said theyhope recently obtained information will lead tothe reversal of the NCAA's decision.

Last Wednesday, the vice-president of theSpanish Federation of Basketball confirmed Llopis'amateur status to the NCAA's director of theEligibility Committee, according to Llopis.

Should the second appeal fail, Harvard andLlopis plan to present evidence that theEligibility Committee did not apply precedentconsistently, said Wickerham.

Wickerham said that the NCAA permitted anEuropean hockey player, in a situation similar toLlopis, to play at the University of Vermont.

The subcommittee will overturn the standingdecision only if Harvard can prove previousrulings did not apply precedents correctly,according to Wickerham.

Llopis says that if this final appeal alsofails, then he may obtain his own legal counseland file a suit against the NCAA