the awards were for "season" not tourney, but had there been a tourney MVP it may have gone west since his team won. However, i do agree that Harville was probably the MVP on the floor last night.
As far as the Season MVP I understand why Thompson got it,again the 1st place team and Long would have been the recipient had S'town won the season. Toss -up as to who is MORE VALUABLE to their team.
Last thing, IMO Long is more complete basketball player than Thompson.