Complicated? Yes.

Western Kentucky Coach Rick Stansbury made a proposal stating how he would like to see a four-team college basketball tournament featuring four Kentucky men’s college basketball teams, including WKU, Kentucky, Louisville and another in-state school, during a public appearance in Louisville earlier last week.

Mark Story of the Lexington Herald-Leader believes a tournament would help promote the sport more in the Bluegrass State, but said it could get complicated.

“Instead, Kentucky should borrow from Indiana and create its own version of the Crossroads Classic, a one-day doubleheader that would showcase Kentucky college basketball,” Story wrote.

“As I envision it, the Commonwealth Classic (yes, I know that is the name applied to the basketball rivalry between Boston College and Massachusetts) would alternate year to year between Rupp Arena and the KFC Yum Center.

“When the doubleheader is in Louisville, Western Kentucky and Murray State would participate, one facing UK, one playing U of L.

“Conversely, when the Commonwealth Classic is played in Lexington, Eastern Kentucky, Morehead State and Northern Kentucky would be in the pool of opponents for the Cats and Cards.

“You could use the previous season’s records among EKU, MSU and NKU to decide who gets to play in the doubleheader. Put the team with the best record in, then have a play-in game among the other two.

“Or you could go alphabetically and alternate, with Eastern and Morehead going first, followed by Morehead State and NKU, then NKU and EKU, and etc.

“Alas, it would probably be easier to broker peace in the Middle East than to make an annual, all-Kentucky college hoops doubleheader happen.

“For college basketball in our state, though, it would be such a cool thing if we could figure out a way to make the Commonwealth Classic a reality.”