ARLINGTON, Texas - The hallmarks of Philadelphia hoops culture are famous for a reason.

And before their time coaching the WNBA's Dallas Wings, the Koclanes siblings lived it. Chris Koclanes is in his first year as Wings head coach, and Belle is an assistant.

Early in Belle's career, she was an assistant coach at Penn from 2004 to 2008. Calling the Palestra home was moving - and educational - for her in what has become a 22-year coaching career.

"Penn was my intro to Philadelphia," she said. "That's when I met [now-Villanova coach] Denise Dillon and [Drexel coach] Amy Mallon. We were a block away from each other. That's when they were just beginning at Drexel. [St. Joseph's associate head coach] Melissa Dunne, she was with them at Drexel at the time. … So it was those four years, where

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