Students who want to obtain, sell or give away an OU men’s basketball ticket no longer have to look any further than Facebook.

The “OU Men’s Basketball Ticket Exchange” Facebook group allows members to get in touch with other students who need tickets or are trying to get rid of them. The group also helps student season ticket holders get refunds at the end of the season through OU’s rebate program, said Alyssa Loveless, group creator and Spanish sophomore.

The men’s basketball rebate program allows student season ticket holders to receive a full refund at the end of the season if they attend at least 90 percent of games, including if someone else uses the ticket to attend.

Loveless said she started the group a few weeks ago to help students get their refunds and allow students who did not purchase season tickets to still attend some of the games.

She said she has often seen people trying to give tickets away to some of her friends, which prompted her to create a common forum where students could easily talk about ticket exchanges.

The group has seen a good response for the first two games, Loveless said.

“It’s people [joining] that I’ve never even met before, just people from all over campus,” Loveless said. “We’ve had a lot of people who’ve invited their own friends [and] people who just want to see a couple games and can’t make the commitment to the whole season.”

Loveless is also part of the Capelables, a student group that supports and promotes men’s basketball by attending all the games, arriving at least two hours early, cheering, decorating the student section with balloons and passing out promotional fliers on campus.

Loveless said the group has been around for about three years but has only been an official student group since last year.

“I thought it was a shame we had such a great program and no one knew about it,” Loveless said. “So we just really wanted to start that initiative for students to get involved and build some support for the basketball program.”

Tyler Finch, Capelables member and accounting sophomore, said the organization’s goal is to drive up attendance at basketball games.

“I definitely think there is some increase in turnout this season,” Finch said. “I was really, really pleased because a lot of students came out and showed their support. Hopefully a lot of them got tickets through the exchange.”

He said most students who give away their tickets through the Facebook group are not necessarily trying to make a profit but just trying to find someone to use their ticket. Some students try to sell them, but many just give them away, he said.

Kayla Docto, broadcast and electronic media sophomore, said she recently used the group to give away her ticket by posting on the group’s wall.

“I think it’s a convenient way because I can … post a question if anybody needs a ticket,” Docto said. “I was more than happy to give it away because I just needed it to get used so I could get my refund back.”

Docto said she is likely to use the Facebook group in the future if she needs to give another ticket away.

“It’s a good opportunity for everyone to go see the men’s basketball team and get involved,” Loveless said.