The next year, Richie Farmer, from the gritty coal town of Manchester in eastern Kentucky, was named Mr. Basketball.

In 2011, Comer ran for the position of Agriculture Commissioner; the incumbent, Richie Farmer, was term limited.

Incumbent Republican and former University of Kentucky basketball star Richie Farmer was elected in 2003 with 55.2% of the vote.

Richie Farmer, a 6'0"/1.83 m shooting guard from Manchester, a small town in the state's eastern coal fields.

The Beshear-Abramson ticket won in a landslide against Senate President David Williams and his running mate Richie Farmer.

Richie Farmer and Reggie Hanson each scored 10 points for Kentucky (2-4).

Richie Farmer (born 1969), basketball standout for the University of Kentucky and politician (Kentucky Commissioner of Agriculture, 2003-2011).

Deron Feldhaus scored 11 and Richie Farmer 10.

"It was like in slow motion, on a TV show," said Kentucky's Richie Farmer, who waited near the basket.

Pitino has publicly endorsed the candidacy of Richie Farmer, another overachieving backcourt player for him at Kentucky, who is now running to become the state's commissioner of agriculture.