CHARLOTTE - NC State junior power forward C.J. Leslie and senior center Richard Howell entered a new and exciting position at ACC Operation Basketball - preseason favorites.

Leslie and Howell answered numerous questions Wednesday at the Ritz-Carlton in Charlotte, including how the ACC coaches picked the Wolfpack preseason No. 1, along with Leslie being named the player of the year and Rodney Purvis the freshman of the year.

Click below to listen to their interviews, and come back later for NCSU coach Mark Gottfried: