NCAA Tournament 2013 Scores: Biggest Shocks from Round of 64 Action

The Harvard Crimson made history on Thursday night.

Never before had the school picked up a victory in the NCAA tournament. The Crimson made the first one count with their 68-62 victory over the third-seeded New Mexico Lobos.

Not enough can be said about the job that Tommy Amaker continues to do this season. This is a Harvard team that lost its best two players before the season even started. It then faced off with a Lobos team that some were picking to reach the Final Four.

Wesley Saunders and Laurent Rivard were fantastic, combining for 35 points. Four of the seven Crimson players who were in the box score registered double digits in scoring.

Steve Alford might want to make sure that the ink's dry on that new 10-year contract (h/t SportingNews.com). There's no doubt that this game will go down as one of the biggest shocks of this tournament.

It wouldn't be alone, though, from the action that has taken place during the round of 64. Here are the biggest surprises so far.

Trey Burke's Performance

Who would have thought that the Michigan Wolverines would beat the South Dakota State Jackrabbits despite Trey Burke only shooting 2-of-12 from the field? You would have expected him to play much better against lower-level competition like the Jackrabbits.

Give credit to the Wolverines defense because it held Nate Wolters to just 10 points on 3-of-14 shooting en route to a 71-56 win.

Make no mistake, Michigan is not going very far if Burke doesn't step his game up. He really struggled in some of the Wolverines' biggest losses this year.

Sports Illustrated named Burke its national player of the year (h/t Nick Baumgardner of MLive.com). Now is not the time for Burke to shy away from the spotlight.

Arizona Smothers Belmont

Ian Clark and the Belmont Bruins came in with a well-earned reputation as very good shooters. As such, they matched up very well against a Arizona Wildcats team that let the opponents shoot 35.7 percent from three-point range.

Clark and Kerron Johnson combined to score 43 points. The other five Bruins who played significant minutes only scored 21 points combined. Belmont's bench only managed to record two points.

The Wildcats locked down Belmont in a big way. The Bruins shot 49.1 percent as a team for the season, so holding them to only 39.2 percent from the floor is a nice accomplishment. Arizona won rather easily, 81-64.

If the Wildcats continues to play this well, they'll be very dangerous in the later rounds. Plus, a matchup with Harvard sounds a lot better than one with the Lobos in the next round.

Gonzaga's Sluggishness

Many have questioned the merits of the Gonzaga Bulldogs. Playing in the West Coast Conference, the Bulldogs didn't come up against the same kind of competition as teams from the Big Ten, SEC, Pac-12, ACC, etc.

Beating the Southern Jaguars by only six points, 64-58, isn't the best way to inspire a ton of confidence. Granted, Gonzaga didn't play a bad game, but there's no excuse for letting a 16-seed hang around that long.

This is the best team that Mark Few has ever coached. He's built the Zags as a household name in college basketball by making deep runs during March Madness. Now, though, both he and Gonzaga are in a different position. The Bulldogs have gone from the hunter to the hunted and must deal with a different kind of pressure and expectation as a result.

The Wichita State Shockers looked very good in their 18-point win over the Pittsburgh Panthers, so they're a very tough matchup in the next round.

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