When Steve Donahue was named the latest head coach at Boston College this spring, I outlined what I believed should be his top priorities on the recruiting front.The first order of business was reconnecting with local high school, prep school and AAU coaches. Essentially, Donahue had to make B.C. basketball relevant again to the greater Boston community. He needed to recruit local kids, keep New England talent close to home and help connect with the local fan base.In particular, I suggested putting an emphasis on a loaded local Class of 2012, while making Alex Murphy (South Kingstown, R.I./St. Mark's) the prime target.Almost three months later and Donahue and his staff are making serious inroads.First, they landed Dennis Clifford (Bridgewater, Mass./Milton Academy), a seven-footer who grew up miles away from the Chestnut Hill campus and has the skill set to thrive in Donahue's system. While Clifford wasn't seeing much high-major interest at the time, he continues to improve at a rapid rate and would likely have ended up with numerous scholarship offers from BCS-level schools if his recruiting continued through July.This weekend, the Eagles took another significant step by hosting their first B.C. Underclassmen Prospect Clinic, which was essentially a one day elite camp.Murphy and his St. Mark's teammate and fellow ESPNU Super 60 prospect Kaleb Tarzcewski (Claremont, N.H./St. Mark's) headlined the list of local players in attendance, while players like Clifford, Zach Auguste (Marlborough, Mass./Marlborough), Evan Cummins (Westborough, Mass./Northfield-Mt.Hermon), Jake Layman (Wrentham, Mass./King Philip Regional), Andrew Chrabascz (Portsmouth, R.I./Cushing Academy), Rene Castro (Milton, Mass./Beaver County Day) and Wayne Selden (Boston/O'Bryant) were also on hand.Auguste was one guy who particularly stood out and ended up leaving the clinic with a scholarship offer, which was his second in the last seven days after picking up an offer from Massachusetts late last week.Perhaps more important than the particulars of who played well on Sunday, was the positive buzz in the local basketball community following the event.Vin Pastore, Auguste's AAU coach with the Mass Rivals, spent the day at Boston College on Sunday and said he left impressed."It was well done by the new B.C. staff," Pastore said, "a lot of teaching and a lot of good basketball."Also impressed with what he saw on Sunday was, Jay Murphy, Alex's father and a Boston College alum who went on to play professionally in the NBA and Europe before being inducted into the B.C. Hall of Fame.Murphy said he and his son, who is currently the No. 10 ranked prospect in the Class of 2012, walked away feeling good about the direction of his alma mater's program. "I was impressed yesterday," Jay Murphy said on Monday. "Camp was well run. I was impressed with the coaching staff and so was Alex."