IOWA CITY, Iowa – Select members of the Iowa men's basketball team, including star point guard Jordan Bohannon, met with the media on Monday to discuss the upcoming Big Ten Tournament, and of course, Bohannon's now-famous missed free throw in Sunday's 77-70 victory over Northwestern.

Iowa (4-14, 13-18) is seeded 12th in the conference tournament and will face the No. 13 seed Illinois in the first round on Wednesday at 4:30 p.m. at Madison Square Garden in MNew York City.

The Hawkeyes earned the 12th seed with Sunday's victory over Northwestern, but the victory was overshadowed by Bohannon's missed free throw late in the second half.

Bohannon intentionally missed a free throw that would have broken the record of 34 consecutive made free throws by former Hawkeye star forward Chris Street.

Bohannon said after the game that he missed the free throw out of respect for Street, who was killed in a car accident midway through his junior season in Jan. 1993.

Street had set the record during his last game as a Hawkeye against Duke three days before his death.

Street's parents, Mike and Patty, both attended Sunday's game at Carver-Hawkeye Arena and shared a special moment with Bohannon afterwards.

The story has since gone viral on social media, much to the delight of Iowa freshman center Luka Garza. It also was featured on NBC's nightly news on Monday.

"It was incredible and it should be recognized like that," Garza said. "That's what he deserves. And, obviously, the memory of Chris Street deserves that type of attention."

Bohannon told reporters on Monday afternoon that he had to stay off Twitter for a while because he was overwhelmed by the reaction.

“I was just honestly doing what was right,” Bohannon said about his missed free throw. “I didn’t think it was that big of a deal, and obviously it just took off these past 24 hours. Which I think is pretty cool, just to be able to pay tribute and everyone remembers Chris Street again.”

Bohannon made 4-of-5 free throws in Sunday's game, including two in the final minute that helped to secure the victory, which snapped Iowa's six-game losing steak.

“The amazing thing, I think, is we’d all like to be in a position to decide," said Iowa coach Fran McCaffery. "He knew he’d make the first two (late in the first half), he knew he’d make the two (in the game’s final minute) after he missed.

"Most people can’t do that. I couldn’t have, I know that.”

Asked how good a free-throw shooter he was during his playing days, which included a celebrated career at Pennsylvania in the Ivy League, McCaffery said: “Terrible. If I was a better shooter, we wouldn’t be having this conversation.

“I was the facilitator.”

McCaffery laughed after making that comment, as did the reporters who were interviewing him. 

The mood was upbeat on Monday, thanks to Sunday's much-needed victory and to Bohannon's show of respect.