2016 MAC MBB Top 10: #5 James Thompson IV, Eastern Michigan

Entering the list of our Top Ten Mid-American Conference Men’s Basketball players is James Thompson IV of the Eastern Michigan Eagles. Thompson came to the Eagles by way of Parkview Baptist High School in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. While there, he was voted the team’s most valuable player in his junior and senior years. He would find himself receiving state all-team honors three times in his high school career.

James Thompson IV gets his first two points in Division I BasketballIt wouldn’t take long for him to announce his presence in NCAA Division I basketball. At one minute and seven seconds into his first game at the Convocation Center against Vermont, he slammed the ball into the hoop to…