New Utah State men’s basketball head coach Ben Jacobson will usher the Aggies into the Pac-12 era with the hope that Utah State can maintain success. As the headline of this article firmly notes, this is part two of this series on Jacobson’s scheme. Part one was about the offense and this one will break down the defense. Aggie fans became used to (albeit sometimes weary of) Eric Haut’s matchup zone defense. It was a defense that essentially switched everything and had a core principle of “five guys guarding the ball.” Put simply, Northern Iowa does not run a defense like that. It’s a much more traditional man scheme and even has limited switching in defending ball screen and handoff actions. Here’s a rather typical Utah State defensive possession this past season. There were three (maybe four) switches on this play. Now, here’s a Northern Iowa defensive possession for comparison. Watch for places where USU’s defense might have switched and how UNI approaches those points in the possession. There were at least two, probably three points where this year’s Aggies would have switched. The first two passes around the perimeter were the kinds of situations where USU’s guards — Drake