Correct me if Im wrong, but you can only take 3 OV's right? Not saying he has to OV here for there to be legit interest and given the distance to the other three schools he's scheduled (OSU happened in Dec, UCLA and Nova in Feb) it would make at least marginal sense not to "waste" an OV to UIUC. Also think you can do less on a non-OV so that also is a little worrisome. If Walker does get him to commit somehow, props to the success (so far) in South/West Illinois and St Louis. Hard to get guys to commit to a program like our right now. I can see the coaching come out in these players at times, really just a talent deficiency that would push us over.
I definitely think it would be possible to have a backcourt of Frazier, Ayo, Ramey, and Smith, especially if Smith can become even stronger.