Michigan State basketball: 3 takeaways from comfortable win over Oakland

3. This team is having fun again

After watching Michigan State struggle through the first 5-6 games of the year, it was nice to see these guys come out and have fun again.

AJ Hoggard is smiling while playing defense and dishing dimes for easy buckets for his teammates, Tyson Walker is hitting shots with a cocky grin on his face, Malik Hall is playing loose and comfortable, Mady Sissoko and Carson Cooper are stepping up to the plate and taking the game seriously, Jaden Akins is starting to find his groove again, Tre Holloman looks like a future star off the bench, and the freshmen are fun to watch.

This team may have taken a little longer to gel and figure things out, but they're having fun and it's been obvious over the past two games.

Who knew it would be so much more fun when you lead a game the entire time and aren't forced to play from behind and make every single game a comeback effort? Shocker, right?

With this team playing much better on both ends of the floor and having fun again, the rest of the nation is going to have to start taking notice.