A former Nanooks basketball player implicated in a campus burglary spree last fall received an 8-month prison sentence.

Christopher Jordan, 20, apologized Friday for his behavior and said that he looked forward to putting the incident behind him, moving home to Texas, resuming his education at another college and maybe someday joining a professional basketball team.

"I know what I did was wrong," Jordan said. "I personally want to say sorry to the victims."

Jordan entered five unlocked apartments at the Cutler Student Apartment Complex in the early morning hours of Sept. 3, and stole primarily laptop computers, some not far from where their owners slept.

The drug charge is for possessing the drug Ecstasy.

Jordan was originally charged with 11 felonies. The charges were later reduced.

Jordan was the UAF basketball team's leading scorer during the 2005-06 season.

Superior Court Judge Mark Wood set Jordan's probation for two years.

Wood also ordered Jordan to pay $877.98 in restitution to one of the victims.

Fellow former Alaska Nanook Christopher Adams, 23, also pleaded no contest to burglary in connection with the crimes.

His sentencing has been delayed while he recovers in California from a stroke.

Jordan and Adams were removed from the basketball team and lost their scholarships shortly after being charged.

Their convictions will be set aside assuming they successfully complete probation.

The men received reduced charges after agreeing to testify against an employee of the UAF financial aid office, Mina Nix.

The 30-year-old allowed the men to store two of the laptop computers at her residence.

Nix lost her university job after a jury convicted her of theft and furnishing alcohol to minors.

Her sentencing is set for mid-June.