 Growing too big for Crouse, the team began playing at the Akron Armory, just a few blocks off-campus, in the 1920s.The Zips began play in the Ohio Athletic Conference in 1923 where they would compete from 1923–1965 except for 1936–1944 when the University left the OAC and competed as an independent.In the OAC, Akron would win 8 conference titles and five tournament titles, three of them under legendary coach, Tony Laterza.