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TROON, Scotland --Jason Day knows he must rediscover his swing in a hurry or face more British Open despair.The world No.1 confessed to battling mental demons after opening his quest for the Claret Jug with a disappointing two-over-par 73 as Australias 11-strong charge failed to fire on Thursday.The next three days are going to be difficult, so Ive got a lot of work to do, Day said after managing just two birdies and slumping to equal 96th place in the 156-man field at Royal Troon.Every time I hit an iron I kept on missing everything left. So thats usually not the miss Ive been having lately, so it kind of caught me off guard.It was kind of hard to trust the swing from there.The forecast for Fridays second round is grim, with rain coming and fierce winds expected to whip up off the Irish Sea.But Day said that might help him in a perverse way, if it prevents the worlds best golfers from shooting low.?If Im going to miss greens, Im going to miss greens on hard days. And if I can just grind myself out and make pars, it would be great, he said.If I can hit a little bit better tomorrow, that would be fantastic.Hit a few more greens, hole a few more putts. I only made two birdies today, so thats pretty low on a day like this where we have no wind and the course is very gettable.But if Im patient and I just start hitting the correct shots and give myself the opportunities, I can get myself back in the tournament.First, though, Day must find his swing.I was missing it both ways, Im pretty certain, he said. Its more so the irons that Ive been struggling with. Obviously when youre confident with your swing, you can get up there and hit different shots.Right now Im trying to hit a certain shot and its coming out the opposite.So there is obviously a little bit more of a mental issue there with not trusting the swing as much.[Ive] just got to get out there and just try to hit the shots and hopefully it comes together over the next few days.Day isnt the only Australian with work to do just to make halfway cut.Adam Scott and Matt Jones, who closed in style with a birdie on the 18th, were the only Australians to break par on Thursday.The two-under-69s for Jones and Scott left the pair six shots adrift of American leader Phil Mickelson.Scott Hend returned an even-par 71, one better than fellow Olympian Marcus Fraser, veterans Rod Pampling and Greg Chalmers and rookie Nathan Holman on his major championship debut.Marc Leishman, runner-up last year, posted a 74, as did Nick Cullen, while Steven Bowditchs woes continued with a 79 including an ugly quintuple bogey nine on the brutal 11th, which the field played in a staggering 108 par for the day.Derrick Henry Jersey . 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Wooden Award, presented to the nations best college basketball player, released its first watch list on Tuesday.The preseason list includes 50 names, but it should be noted that players not on the current list can be added as the season progresses and the best players are revealed.They range from those who arent household names, such as Davidsons Jack Gibbs and Valparaisos Alec Peters, to players who have been around a while, such as Kansas Frank Mason III and Virginias London Perrantes.A front-runner to consider this season may be Duke junior guard Grayson Allen, who was the leading vote-getter in the Associated Press preseason All-America team after averaging 21.6 points last season. Close behind Allen is California sophomore forward Ivan Rabb, who averaged 12.5 points and 8.6 rebounds last season.It should be noted that maintaining at least a 2.0 cumulative grade point average is factored into the award. Thats what kept LSUs?Ben Simmons?off the final ballot last season.The Wooden Award will announce a midseason top 25 in January and a late-season top 20 in February before producing its final ballot in March. The winner will be announced in April.Here are a few breakdowns of the preseason list:* Judging by the class breakdown of the list, this season wont be the year of the senior. Last season the Wooden Award race was close between seniors Buddy Hield (Oklahoma) and Denzel Valentine (Michigan State)?and had 26 seniors on the preseason top 50. This year the number of seniors, while the most of aany class, dropped to 16.ddddddddddddThat includes defending national champion Villanovas contributions to the list with Kris Jenkins and Josh Hart.* Freshmen picked up the most spots this year, going from seven in 2015 to 12. A few have already made splashes, such as Washingtons Markelle Fultz, who had 30 points, seven rebounds and six assists in his debut.* The sophomore and junior classes contributed 11 players each.* Five players named to the preseason top 50 are making repeat appearances, having also been on it to begin last season: Dukes Allen; Indianas James Blackmon Jr.; Wisconsins Nigel Hayes and Bronson Koenig; and Marylands Melo Trimble.* Several players who have yet to take the court this season form the injured reserve section of the list: Dukes Harry Giles and Jayson Tatum and Oregons Dillon Brooks are still trying to become healthy enough to play.* Players from 10 schools comprise exactly half the list with Duke, Kentucky, Kansas, Oregon and Wisconsin each represented by three players apiece. Last year, Kentucky and Indiana were the only schools with three players each.* The ACC leads all conferences with 12 players selected, and its eight different schools represented also were the most among all conferences. The Big Ten matched its selections from last year and had 10 players from seven different schools, which was second most among conferences in both categories. ' ' '