He doesn't have much game.

And he picked an ironic time to show up at the University of Mary Washington - during White Ribbon Week, promoting awareness of violence against women.

That’s the buzz after music superstar and Tappahannock native Chris Brown turned up on the Fredericksburg campus Tuesday evening.

Brown was in the headlines recently when he was accused of assault, and sources have said his girlfriend, singer Rihanna, was the victim.

He played basketball with some friends in Goolrick Gym.

Spotsylvania resident Aaron Coen, who graduated from Riverbend High School last year, heard Brown was in town and rushed over to UMW to see for himself.

He and friend Shanda Malamphy, a current Riverbend student, spent about a half-hour watching Brown shoot three-pointers.

"He missed like every shot," Coen reports.

Brown has been in a celebrity no-man's land lately after being charged with viciously beating and biting fellow superstar Rihanna.

Celebrity Web site TMZ.com, which chronicles his every move, already had video online this morning, and UMW spokesperson Marty Morrison reports that "Access Hollywood" has called for details as well. US magazine is on the case, too.

Martin Wilder, UMW's vice president for enrollment and communications, said the school had no advance notice of Brown's arrival and, frankly, he doesn't know what the fuss is about.

"I don't know that this is anything that is even newsworthy," Wilder said. "I don't know anything about this individual."

UMW, he noted, is an open campus, meaning anyone who wants to can walk around the school.

"This was just a pickup basketball game," he said. "It was not a university event or anything of that sort."

Inside Goolrick, students snapped photos with cell phones and talked out of Brown's earshot.

"A lot of people were bashing him at how bad he was at basketball," Coen said, "and how skinny he was and not as muscular" as he seems on TV. Brown wore huge baggy blue shorts and a black T-shirt.

Coen and Malamphy then waited outside by a black Dodge Viper, which belonged to Brown's bodyguard, in hopes of meeting the singer.

Their patience paid off. After about two hours, Brown emerged from the gym with a few friends.

"Shanda was like, 'Chris!' And he was like, 'Hey.' We took a picture with him," Coen said.

"It was insane. We were both pretty nervous."

Coen said he's been a big Chris Brown fan, but admits to being shocked b the violence of the crime he's accused of.

But meeting him in person changed his feelings. Now, he said, "I don't think any less of him."